UKRAINIAN Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has resigned after two political parties cut ties with the majority coalition and fists flew in parliament.

Mr Yatsenyuk made the announcement from the dais of the parliament after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. “I am announcing my resignation in connect with the collapse of the coalition,” he said.

He said the parliament could no longer do its work and pass necessary laws.

Resigning ... Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, left, greets a soldier during inspection of a Ukrainian Army position outside the eastern town of Slovyansk, Ukraine.Source:AP

The nationalist Svoboda party and the UDAR movement led by former boxer Vladimir Klitscho pulled out of the group of legislators that took over after former President Viktor Yanukovich was ousted by protesters seeking closer ties with the European Union.

Politicians and activists have complained that while Ukraine has a new president, it has yet to elect a new parliament since the toppling of pro-Russian leader Viktor Yanukovich in February.

“We believe that in the current situation, such a parliament which protects state criminals, Moscow agents, which refuses to strip immunity from those people who are working for the Kremlin, should not exist,” Oleh Tyahnybok, leader of the nationalist Svoboda party, told parliament..

According to the Ukrainian constitution, the parliament has 30 days to try to forge a new coalition. If that fails, the president then can dismiss parliament and call a new election.

It came after Ukrainian politicians started punching on in parliament after it is reported that a decree was passed that would increase military reserves and enlist male citizens under 50 to combat Russian forces on the border.

Punching on ... Deputies of the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" party attack the head of the Communist parliamentary faction Petro Symonenko (R) as they attempt to remove him from the hall during a Ukrainian parliament sitting in Kiev.Source:AFP

The UK’s Independent reports that Nikolai Levchenko, an member of parliament for the Party of Regions, was unhappy with the vote, saying the Ukrainian army has been killing people. Another member then pushed him off his podium and dozens of members started brawling.

Brawl ... Deputies of the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" party attack the head of the Communist parliamentary faction Petro Symonenko (C) as they attempt to remove him from the hall during a Ukrainian parliament sitting in Kiev.Source:AFP

While fist fights in parliament may be a strange sight for Australians, this is not the first time the Ukrainian parliament has descended into fisticuffs; they last went at each other in April, and have previously fought each other in 2012 and 2010.

Game on ... Deputies of the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" party attack the head of the Communist parliamentary faction Petro Symonenko (C).Source:AFP